Bopanna-Qureshi shock Bhupathi-Mirnyi in New Haven
August 28th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Haven (US), Aug 28 (IANS) India’s Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi shocked second seeds Mahesh Bhupathi of India and Max Mirnyi of Belarus 6-4, 6-4 to enter the doubles final of the Pilot Pen tennis tournament.
The victory Friday night has put the India-Pakistani pair, finalists in Nice and Casablanca earlier in the year, up against Wimbledon finalists Robert Lindstedt of Sweden and Horia Tecau of Romania for the title clash.
It was Bopanna-Qureshi’s third tour-level final this year. The two captured their first ATP World Tour doubles title in Johannesburg in February.
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- Wimbledon: Bhupathi-Mirnyi ousted, Paes-Black advance - Jun 29, 2010
- Bopanna-Qureshi win second ATP World Tour team title (Lead) - Jun 12, 2011
- Bhupathi, Bopanna in doubles quarters at Nice - May 19, 2010
- Paes-Bhupathi lose first round encounter in London - Nov 21, 2011
- Paes-Bhupathi in semifinals of AEGON Championships - Jun 11, 2011
- Sania, Somdev to open their US Open campaign Monday - Aug 29, 2010
- Bhupathi-Bopanna knock out top seeds to make semis - May 19, 2012
- Bhupathi-Bopanna reach quarters of Dubai Open - Mar 01, 2012
- Paes-Bhupathi and Bopanna-Qureshi in quarterfinals - Aug 19, 2011
- Bopanna-Qureshi win Paris Masters - Nov 14, 2011
- Bopanna-Qureshi enter quarters of Paris Masters - Nov 10, 2011
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